The Calvin Center for Faith & Writing (CCFW) is thrilled to unveil the lineup of featured speakers for the 2026 Festival of Faith & Writing, taking place April 16–18, 2026, on the campus of Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This biennial literary gathering, which attracts attendees  from around the globe, celebrates the vibrant intersection of faith and the written word.

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing, in partnership with Brazos Press, invited author Beth Allison Barr to Calvin on Thursday, March 20, to discuss her newest book, Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry, published on March 18, 2025. This book is a continuation of her previous work, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: A Call to Return to the Word, which recently achieved sales of 100,000 copies.

Calvin University’s literary extravaganza, the Festival of Faith & Writing, returns in person to Grand Rapids on April 11-13 after a long COVID hiatus. Put on by the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing (CCFW), it has been a signature event of the university since 1990.

More than 2,200 people from across North America and beyond came to Calvin University recently to attend the 2024 Festival of Faith and Writing, which, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, had been essentially on hold as an in-person event for six years.

Novelists, poets, journalists, podcasters, and many others will join in celebration when the 2024 Festival of Faith & Writing kicks off April 11-13 at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Mich.